Olsen´s speedpaints (November 13)

[OLSEN]

Hi all,

my old webhost shut me down, turning my previous sketchbook into three pages of red x:s.

So i had to start a new one. This one.

Heres a pic to start things.


It´s an arctic hunter. Painter 8. As fast as i could make it to see if www.photobucket.com worked.

Edit: I removed the pic because of bandwith limitation, scroll down for newer pics.

[-The Swift-]

i great start to an eagarly awaited sketchbook! great work, especially for a quick sketch.:D

[OLSEN]

Thanks Swift. :)

Heres some doodles.

Edit: I removed the pics because of bandwith limitation, scroll down for newer pics.

[Bretton]

looks really good Olsen. I really love your style. Keep it up.

[OLSEN]

k, finally (for me..) heres something for my sketchbook. It´s a DSG i have decided to take all the way. It´s a work in progress, all in all i have spent 4 hours on it, i will probably spend another 4 or 5 before i´m pleased with it. Hope you like.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/HauntedHotelWIP.jpg

[AndreasM]

Wow, the last painting has a lot of potentional. I like the architecture and the alien mood that the colours create. The mountain structure in the background could have been larger, though. Try adding a road that leads to the mountain or something. Mabye you could raise the height of the canvas...

I`ll be watching you:D

[Hunger_Artist]

the tones in that kind of remind me of this work:

http://www.gfxartist.com/community/member_galleries/artworks/20467



I dunno if the foreground element is really doing alot for it though.. what if you got rid of it and instead developed the canvas to compliment that cool looking tree thats growing out of the top left corner?

cool doodles, too!

[OLSEN]

Thanks hunger_artist and n0fish for your feedback, it is much needed. I will work some more on that one as soon as i find the time, things are a bit busy right now though.

Heres some new stuff i finished this weekend. Hope you like.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/SAF_Poster.jpg

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/SAF_Poster_2.jpg

[-The Swift-]

hey olsen, great work, i love the lighting on the last one, kinda reflects through the whole thing. great work anyways, keep at it!

[OLSEN]

Edit: I removed the pic because of bandwith limitation, scroll down for newer pics.

[bonedog]

great stuff, man. in particular, i love SAF_Poster and SAF_Poster_2 .

-bonedog

[OLSEN]

Thanks Bonedog, they are my favourites too. :)

Heres some card art for a prototype game, they won´t go into print, but will be used inhouse during playtesting. I did these and the cardlayout in two days (i can´t show you the layout, sorry), so i´m pretty proud of myself. If you have the time, let me know what you think.

Cheers. :)

EDIT: Pics removed because of bandwidth

[OLSEN]

continued..

Thanks for looking. :)

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[talmir]

Great spock!!! Only two days? damn boyah, gotta slow down there.. you might start flames with your tablet

[OLSEN]

hehe, thanks talmir. :)

heres a late night sketch.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/staden.jpg

[OLSEN]

Long time no Bump!

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB1.jpg

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB2.jpg

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB3.jpg

[liam.c]

i really like the 3rd 8:20 posting
the completed envornments are well done and the clothing for the peopel are verry intresting in all the pics

sorry not good crit but keep posting id like to see your devlopments

[OLSEN]

Thanks liam.c

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Kanonbil2.jpg

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Kanonbil4.jpg

[OLSEN]

Fooling around in Painter as always.

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB4.jpg

[Fozzybar]

Nice painterly feel...

I didn't know you have a dsb...

Do you ever sketch on real paper? It seems that you start the pieces right on the computer...i am just curious because i rarely sketch on paper, since it needs much time for scanning and i never find the "ctrl+z", what drives me sometimes crazy...

[OLSEN]

Except for anatomy studies, the only time i draw on paper is when i plan a larger digital painting thats going to print, and then it´s just stickfigures anyways. Somehow i find it easier to plan the composition that way.

I really need to learn how to draw really fast though, since i can´t bring my computer to Berlin, and i don´t want spend my time there drawing stick figures.

[OLSEN]

Another speedpaint..

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB5.jpg

[Bretton]

your new stuff looks great olsen! I'll check back here often

[OLSEN]

Thanks Bretton, i´ll be updating this as daily as possible.

Another speedpaint to get the day started.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB6.jpg

[liam.c]

LOOKING real good i keep watchin this one :)

[OLSEN]

Thanks Liam.C, please keep looking.

Another one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB7.jpg

[OLSEN]

Heres an oldie but a goodie.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/creature_plate.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Closeupcreatureplate.jpg

[liam.c]

wow your crankin them out lol

[buzzz3d]

Good stuff man!
Rock on.

[OLSEN]

Thanks guys.

Heres a speedy to start the day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB8.jpg

[Jokisalo]

good looking stuff!
really liked first ones, those colors in pics uh oh oO :confident
keep on posting man.

[OLSEN]

Thanks Jokisalo, i´ll keep on posting. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB9.jpg

[Beatnik]

Love your stuff man. I really like your pallattes and the lighting in your work. More!

[OLSEN]

Thanks beatnik, i´m glad you like my colors and lights, as i´m currently trying to push them as far as i can.

Heres a little experiment i did in painter, using the different paper textures and some nifty brushes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB10.jpg

Feedback and crits is as always much appreciated. :)

[OLSEN]

Bumpedi bump...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB11.jpg

[OLSEN]

Heres what i´m currently working on, it´s for my portfolio. This one will probably pop up in the finally finished section later on tonight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Folioscene.jpg

[young paddy1]

The last four are very nice, the last two just kick ass all over the place, love the atosphere in the greenish tree whatsit, got a sort of mist thing going on, the one after that: Dougal?

[xia]

Great potential here! Keep it up!!!

[OLSEN]

Xia: Thanks man, i´ll keep it up. :)

Young paddy 1: Dougal? Not sure what you mean by Dougal, can someone enlighten me? Anyways, thanks. :)


I made this one for the new middle class thing, so you may have seen it earlier. I only rendered half of it and then flipped it, so it may look a bit bleh in the middle.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB12.jpg

Thanks for looking.

[young paddy1]

Olsen - Dougal, Dougal - Olsen, he's a character form the magic roundabout, politically subversive french stop frame animation.

[OLSEN]

Aaah, Dougal.. i think the name rings a very faint bell.. i need to look him up. Thanks :)

[OLSEN]

:blahblah: Coming soon to a finally finished forum near you!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB13.jpg

[OLSEN]

I'm back from the Berlin workshop, and i must say It has been a long time since i felt so inspired and motivated. If i can find a scanner somewhere I'll post my sketches from the workshop.

Heres some new characters.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB16.jpg

[Molly]

Hey OLSEN!

Nice update, I know exactly how you fell about being motivated!
These are strong concepts, I do hope you add some more!

I'm gonna keep checking in here on you dude, so add as many as possible!

Oh, btw nice painter work. I see the two pics you brought with you to Berlin (the ones printed out) near the top of the thread, and they look really cool!

Keep at it bro!

Mollyx

[roger]

nice digital stuff Olsen.

You should do as you said and scan some pages from your sketchbook, I liked them too.

Seems like we're all motivated from Berlin! :)

[FuT]

Wow wow wow wow.....so cool stuff <3 , cant wait to see more, rock on!!!

[OLSEN]

Some more digital sketches. Painter isn't working on my machine anymore, so i had to switch to PS for these..(except on the top one withg the scythe thing.. that's 20% Painter, then PS..) :nohope:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB17.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB18.jpg

Thanks Molly, Roger, FuT and Mike, I'm glad you found something here you liked. I'll update as often as i can. :rendered:

[OLSEN]

Bla Bla, Painter works again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB20.jpg

[OLSEN]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB21.jpg

[Fozzybar]

Oh yeah...Mr.gasmask strikes again...:gasmask:

Very nice images, OLSEN!

Are you trying to work on the things Andrew told you about your portfolio?

Very cool use of black/gray/white on DSB18.jpg...

keep it up, buddy! It was great to meet you in Berlin...

[OLSEN]

Hey Fozzy,

it was great meeting you too, next time we need to spend more time together and have a beer or two. I really like the pic you made in my sketchbook, you're a cool guy. :)

...and yeah, I'm trying to work on the feedback i got from Andrew, and also try to use some of the technique he used in his Painter Demo. I learned so much during the weekend, it's hard to to decide what to do with it all.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB22.jpg

[Elastic]

cool stuff. nice colours and I like the atmosphere in them. believable designs.
;)

[Molly]

Hey Bro,

Nice work here, and your updating daily, damn, I better get my arse in gear!!!

Like the last 3 pics here, Android style approach, thats cool.

Alien ship pic, nice, and I like the lighting on the one above that, the soldiers in the derelect building...

Keep it up dude!

Mollyx

[Pichuerca]

Wow... good paintings Olsen... I need more.

I´ll be waiting.

[OLSEN]

Thanks guys.

Hey Molly, no need to get your arse into gear quite yet, you're still miles ahead of me.

:hatsoff:

This is a WIP for this thread. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28844)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB23.jpg

[OLSEN]

Photo manip/paint over for a friends birthday. I'm going to print it and well.. give it to him. :party:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB24.jpg

heres the original (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Fight_for_cofee.jpg) photo. The guy with the axe is the one that's having a birthday, i'm the guy with the gun...

[Mike Frank]

All around awesomeness, this last paint is mad cool hope your friend likes it.

[Yoell]

Alot of good stuff, spec after Berlin.

the two troops next to each other are cool, like a clean up crew. also the first mech after that.

last painting is real nice, get alot out of it visually. like BAM, goes black wonder who wins...hmmm. think 2 following pics, telling a bit of story would be dope.

Drew

[OLSEN]

Thanks guys. :)


I spent another 1hour 30minutes on it..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB25.jpg

[OLSEN]

Gate house.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB26.jpg

[OLSEN]

And a little creature..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB27.jpg

[liam.c]

the one hour 30 min is make me drool
give stepby step on the next one like that )id liek to see the process

[prostate sunrise]

ditto that. great stuff buddy, keep it up.

[simmi]

great stuff ! gonna watch this thread

[endregan]

Cool paintings mang. I would like to see in the battle one, a little more action from the sword guy or spread it farther apart. RIght now it looks like hes standing there hoping the gun guy will run into his sword.

beautiful colouring :)

[Noplz]

Cool stuff man. And its also cool to see someone from sweden. One of my old mothers old friend told me she had a friend (or a friends son, whatever) that was doing graphics and drawing in Malmö. Dont really know why I said.. Typed that. Maybe its you.. Anywas, good stuff !

.

[Theo]

jävvlar I say, your skill with the wacom is going out of controll isnt it? jesus. Love your stuff man, specially that gate house cathedral thing, kickass. Wish I had the same sense of colors...

Keep doodlin.

[Calle_]

swedish love <3 :wink:

[OLSEN]

@ liam.c and prostate sunrise: Thanks guys. I'll save some process shots next time i do something like that.

@ simmi: Thanks man, glad you like my stuff.

@ endregan: Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the guy with the sword is a bit stiff.

@ Noplz: Haha, i doubt they're talking about me. Would be cool though. Where you from?

@ Theo: Thanks man, you know i love your vehicles and mechs and shit. We should do some more stuff together.

@ Calle: Damn right, swedish love right back at you. :groupie2:

Heres a late night sketch.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB28.jpg

[Fozzybar]

wow i can feel the swedish love in this thread <3 :P

That last one has a nice color scheme...i (swedish) love the front part of the spaceship/airplane (?) with the rusty parts and the rendering at all....COOLSEN! :tihi:

[OLSEN]

Hey Fozzy-cool-fozzybar, thanks for dropping by and spreading some love. :groupie1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB29.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB31.jpg

[Fozzybar]

I watch your thread all the time...just dropping my avatar when there is a need for feedback :)

so...on the knight image there is something weird going on with the perspective on the head/helmet...i think it's the position of the right (in the back) eye...a quick paintover...

Original:________________Paintover:

http://www.beyce.com/ca/pover/DSB29_olsen_fozzybar.jpg

Keep it up...many members watch this thread i know :)

[Molly]

JEEEZ Olsen! these are niiiice!

I rrreally like the top image, the one with the 2 guys at eachother, the colors great...(man, I need to get me painter!)

That last one too, I like the costume, some mad shit going on there bro...

As usual, stella stuff mate!

Mollyx

[dCepT]

You rock, man! If you're ever in norway, drop me a line before you go, and we can hook up and sketch.

Keep 'em coming!

I really like the gatehouse. Nice atmosphere.


d-C

[Groover McNab]

I'm diggin your color schemes. Really good stuff man!

[Dennal Floss]

Man !!!... I love the movement in you're stuff, the lighting, the strokes, the colors....it throbs with life...really gutsy stuff !! >:|
Gives me the impression that you never forget that you're drawing and that it's fun every step of the way....which, by the way, makes me wanna see a step by step to get in on all this fun you're having :^^:

Keep evolving man !!!!

How 'bout a few sketches to see where all this comes from ?? :scribble:

[OLSEN]

Hey all, thanks for dropping by! :hatsoff:

@Fozzybar: Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.

@Molly: Thanks buddy, I'm really glad you found something in here you liked!

@dCepT: If you're ever in Sweden, please drop by. I'm not a frequent Norwegian tourist.. so i doubt I'll end up there anytime soon. Was there when i was 7 or 8.. Oslo was cool.

@Groover: Thanks!

@Dennal Floss: I do most of my sketches on the same canvas as my finished pieces.. i only use my real life sketchbook for doodling and lifedrawing.. Much of the stuff in here is what i consider sketches too.

@MIKECORRIERO: Hey man. I really need to step up to keep up with you guys. Thanks!



Sorry, but theres nothing new tonight.. i did upload some wip shots though since some people asked for it.. Don't see it as a tutorial or anything like that. Feel free to crit the workprocess if you find anything weird. The pic was done done with Painter8 in a couple of hours.

Step1. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs1.jpg) Doodling some cloudshaped.. clouds.. Just to get rid of the spooky white canvas. I use a spunge brush in painter for this.

Step2. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs2.jpg) Doodle. I do alot of these before i'm pleased with the pose and the silhouette.

Step3. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs3.jpg) More doodling. trying to block in the shapes and stuff. Keeping it simple and zoomed out.

Step4. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs4.jpg) Some darks and stuff.. painted some white in the background to make the silhouette stand out a bit more. Using a huge smeary brush

Step5. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs5.jpg) Some gold stuff and just a little detail. I'm more or less sure now what i want to do with the pic.

Step6. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs6.jpg) Messing with the colors some to make them more pleasing. Put something vaguely ground looking beneath the character too.

Step7. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs7.jpg) Cleaning up the torso and the head some.

Step8. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs8.jpg) Shield and spear...

Step9. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs9.jpg) Added some pixels to top and sides so i can fit a background in there. Doodled some abstract shapes in the BG to frame the character.

Step10. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs10.jpg) Just playing around with it some more.

Step11. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs11.jpg) And some more...

Step12. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs12.jpg) Decided i wanted some blue light from the top.. repainted alot of the character to make it fit with the new light..

Step13. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs13.jpg) Worked some on the BG.. Getting slightly bored with the picture now.

Step14. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/sbs14.jpg) Some final changes.. and it's done!

Cheers!

[Josef K.]

Wow - u got some great stuff in here!
great update
i always love to see how other people work!

[xephon]

great work Olsen! thread subscribed. as previously stated, i'm really diggin' your color choices and would say you've got a knack for 'painting with light'. keep on!

[Crunch]

sweet stuff man...love the color.

[liam.c]

good stuff thanks for the progress thinig )

[xia]

wow! Lots of cool stuff here! I really dig your speedpaint. I can tell by your BIG fat strokes that you think like a painter. I am still struggling with that...Kudos to you awesome job!

[arghmisfit]

WOW great progress, thanks :)

[JackalAnubis]

great paints as always man, keep it up :} I esp like the first one in this thread and the metal rendering

[OLSEN]

Hello,

thanks for all the kind words, really makes me want to push myself as far as possible. :)


Heres an early WIP.. A friend of mine ordered some prints from me and this is the first one. The theme is Rome.. the other two's theme are ancient greece and ancient egypt. Original size is 6000x3800 something, so theres a lot your missing.. I'll post updates here as i work more on it, and some closeups later on too. Crits and comments are welcomed.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/ROME_wip.jpg

[Calle_]

Yer paintings are kick-ass.

Btw, are u going to the SF workshop? :D
Peace

Calle

[prostate sunrise]

cool WIP bud. thanks for showing us.

[OLSEN]

Hey guys.

@Calle: Thanks man. Not sure if i can afford the trip to SF, and even if i can, i may want to spend the money on painter9 and an intuos3 instead when they are realeased. I'll definitly go to next european on though, whenever that is.

@prostate sunrise: Thanks, i'm glad you think it's cool even if it's just a WIP. Thanks for looking. :)

I worked some more on the WIP, but i decided to blow it up to 8000x5000, and working that size takes forever for me.. so i haven't done enough to justify an update.


meanwhile, heres another one i've been working on and off on today..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB32.jpg

..and a full pixel detailshot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB33.jpg

I'll paint some more on it and clean it up some tomorrow. :painting:

[t.m0]

Hey Olsen with a long 'e' :D

whuz up? Nice paintings you got there! I'm so bad with painter so I really dig your work! keep it up, it's really inspiring. :bashful:

cheers.t.m0

[OLSEN]

Hey t.m0,

nothings up really, just doodling and painting as always. Glad you found something here that inspired you. Hows it going? :)

Still no update on the WIP, it's been put on ice for the moment. Got some quick painter sketches though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB34.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB35.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB36.jpg

[Matt Smith]

Hey Olsen dude. Some nice speed paints, they have good action/movement in all them. I really like the first one. The second one is rather comfusing to look at, maybe hes being stabbed? The last one is nice too, hes a strange looking fellow. I am curious about how long did these each take? *cough cough comic....*, oh excuse me :bashful: . hehe.

[OLSEN]

*cough cough* Don't mention the comic.. 8)

nah, just kidding...I'll try to get back into it ASAP.

Not sure how long they took me.. 10-15 minutes i think, not sure though. The first one probably took a little longer..

Thanks for dropping by man. :)

Another one.. this time in PS, i hate painting in that program..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB37.jpg

[flex mathews]

great stuff, that first post on this page blew me away.

[Skank]

*runs at olsen with a jar of pickles

muhahahaha!

sup buddy!
your latest is stuff is pretty tits man, im diggin in.
i really like the guy leaping with 2 swords, and the guy with the shield and spear

we need to OC again sometime dude, im gettin rusty!

:blahblah:

[Bretton]

Everything is top-notch Olsen, it's good to see more art from you. That paintover is really awesome.

[Matt Smith]

hahahah. this new one is an interesting character. Your PS work and painter work looks similar, the new one to me actually looks more like a quick painter one. I just started using PS again a few days ago, Painter was getting too easy for me. If you get the chance go check out the guest self portrait section and check out some of my SPs, the last one i did was in PS, the rest are all painter.

[behemot5]

some good works here.....

[Wart]

Just posting to add my "wow". Really great stuff, I want MORE! MORE!

Yeah. Keep it up.

[OLSEN]

Good morning folks. :)

flex mathews: Thank you.

Skank: Nooooo, not teh pickles, you've ruined my thread!!! ;) OC is fun, but i'm not on mirc that much anymore, but go ahead and add me if you're on MSN or AIM, would be cool to doodle some together.

Bretton: Thanks man, glad you dropped by.

Matt Smith: I'll drop by and check your SP's. I kinda like how painter works with opaciy and flow, works good for sketching, but if i had to do a finished piece in PS, I'd cry myself to death. I just don't think it handle pixels as good as Painter.

Behemo5: Thanks.

Wart: Thanks, I'll keep it up.

Thanks for dropping by all! :)

Heres some new stuff i did for the Eliphos (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38) project, go have a look in case you've missed it.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/ARK_interior_worker.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/deadcity.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/fasttrain.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/workerhelmet.jpg

Cheers. :)

[OLSEN]

Another one for Eliphos.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/nypd.jpg

[Molly]

Yo, yo, yo

Hey OLSEN mate, I just love this last pic here, especially the 'CrowBar' sign, what a cool name for a bar (I bet you'd find us 2 in there drinking Vodka!)
Great atmosphere you got going in there, you can image 'industrial-rock' music blarring out and a few drunks outside! hehe... Great start for Eliphos!
Also, the guy hanging in the rafters there, that I like alot too, and the smokey city, you got the vibe going on; pollution, grey haze, much like London....:)
(which makes me ask - when you coming over bro????)
SEPT 10th - nice figures going on. I'm digging the jumping dude, I like the pose you got there, and movement...
The pic you did in PS - thats a really cool figure - I know you hate PS, but its a good start. Maybe take it back into Painter and noodle more with it?...I use PS all the time, but would love to get into Painter, its the brushes and blending thing Im after...I'm awaiting a copy...:)
SEP 6th - the head, I would like to see that one finished. It's kinda creepy in a way, I'm diggin the pale, almost bleached glow on the face there...niiiice

More Eliphos sketches please. At the mo, I'm gathering inspiration from fellow CA.orgians for the character stuff. |ntern posted a char called Hugo, and I'm doing some sketches for that...will post as and when...man, I need to update:)

Keep at it bro!

Mollyx

[OLSEN]

Yo yo yo Molly, thanks for dropping by. Crowbar, you, me, vodka. Sounds like good times to me. :vodkamachine:

The London trip is still not decided upon.. I'm extremely low on cash at the moment.. got a few small gigs i hope to get some money from though... but i'm still not sure when and how a I'm going to get payed for those. It's just a matter of time before i get there though.

Got some more eliphos sketches here, i'm definitly leaching inspiration from Berlin for these...

A thug. Sketched in PS, then cleaned up in Painter. It's still a WIP, and theres a few weird things going on in it i need to fix. The perspective of the axe is a bit off, and i really want to clean it up alot more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Thugcleaningup.jpg

Heres the sketch, all done in PS.. I'm starting to like that program actually.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Thugs.jpg

Another one done in entirely PS. Also for eliphos.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/slumpub.jpg

Thanks for looking. :)

[Fozzybar]

sketches+ps+olsen=interesting results

nice, lose sketches there pal...

...gasmasks...all over gasmasks...:nohope:.....:gasmask: :gasmask: :gasmask:...

:P

[Yoell]

i need a tablet :(

lovin the enviroments, deff' feel the mood of each piece.

also the shakespere/cyborg at the -bar"? loving that. cleaned up w/ more detail thats gonna be a hot pic.

Drew

[Matt Smith]

These sketches are really great sketches you got going for ephilios. Just keep practicing your photoshop. One comment I do need to make though, in some of your figure pieces, you need to watch proportion. Especially the blue one with the flash light, the proportion is absolutely killing the piece. I think my favorite one is the "Crowbar" piece. I love the hints of people through the window in the bar. Really nice. Keep it up.

[Noplz]

@ Noplz: Haha, i doubt they're talking about me. Would be cool though. Where you from?


Don't visit this site as often as I should :(.

But I'm from Uppsala. Too bad its so far away from Mamlö :/. Nice drawings, keep them up!

nP

[OLSEN]

Oh boy, five stars... you guys and girls must be drunk. :cheerleader: :party: :cheerleader:

Fozzy, thanks.. photoshop is.. interesting. Good for scribbling.

Matt Smith, thanks buddy. You always spot my weaknesses so damn easily. I've been neglecting my anatomy studies for soooo long, and just resently started taking them seriously again. Hopefully you'll see some improvements soon. Thanks for the feedback.

Noplz, thanks man, I'll keep it up.


Got some new stuff here:

Environment.. i'd be the first one to point out that i have no idea what i'm doing when it comes to environments....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB42.jpg

got three PS scribbles here..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB41.jpg

scribble with a little Painter added....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB40.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB39.jpg

Thanks for looking folks. :)

[Wart]

HOLY CRAP! Chicken 'o death with machine gun AND a pitchfork! My god that is awesome. Oh man.

[OLSEN]

Thanks Wart, it's a pretty mean duck, eh. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB43.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB44.jpg

..unfinished scribble....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB45.jpg

[liam.c]

last ones lookng good nice flow

[OLSEN]

Hey liam.c, thanks. :)

Got a small dump tonight.. They're for a project i'm going to start working on soon, if all goes well. The style is ripped from some illustrations in a swedish army manual from the 80's, not my choice, but it was fun trying out something new.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB47.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB48.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB49.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB50.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB51.jpg

These two aren't exactly for the project, they're sort off, but not really.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB52.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB46.jpg

Did a DSG.. the topic was "pirate of the old mans river". Here it is.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSG_Pirate.jpg

Thanks for looking. :)

[OLSEN]

...last one tonight.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB53.jpg

[Marie]

very nice stuff! I have to say I'm really enjoying your cityscapes, especially the foggy kind of one.

wanted to say thank you soo much for putting that work in progress... being able to see that is to me like getting a free class :) and I do appreciate it... I love to see the thought processes!

[FuT]

Very good grasshopper, i am very proud of you.....have a cookie(with chocolate) :teeth:

But seriously...... <3 <3 <3 , very cool stuff you have here!!!

rock onnnn.....

[afklamer]

I love the loose way yore sketching those, sometimes you get an photorealistic touch although most of the brush duktus is stil visible, i also love the coolor and the atmosphere you get in some of those pics, great inspiration :)

[dCepT]

What's up!
good work on the enviros, if haven't said that before :)
I'm diggin' on your action poses! Would be cool if you took a couple of the further! Like the guy with the uzi and the two swords.

peace

d-C

[guggemmaneuver]

OLSEN: the duck was so mean that I went colorblind!

Great, great set of work. Your mastery of Painter is overwhelming. I think it is very nice how you can have some different colored space around a figure and it doesn't distract at all, in fact it adds to your style... like the character's aura or something.

KEEP ON KEEPIN ON!

[farmer]

olsen dude!!!

you became really dangerous.. :O

some stuff seems rushed to the end..
but otherwise seems you discovered many secrets of good design and illustration..

nice thread... keep posting
:coke: :vodka2:

[Bretton]

im really digging these loose sketchy looking ones.

[OLSEN]

Yo people,

@Marie: Thank you. I'm really glad you found the work in process shots usefull. :)

@FuT: Thank you. Grasshopper will rock on. (or atleast try to..)

@Nagash: Thanks, glad you found something here you liked. :)

@dCepT: I may take some of them further now that you mentioned it.. we'll see what thappens. Thanks for dropping by.

@guggenmaneuver: Thank you, i wouldn't call it mastery though, i have barely scratched the surface of that program. But i'll keep scratching..

@Farmer: No, you're dangerous... isn't that a Top Gun quote? anyhow... thanks for dropping by. I'll try to post more polished stuff for a while..see what happens. :)

@Bretton: Thank you. It's fun doing those loose sketchy ones. I wish i had a larger tablet for them though, it's kinda hard to get the dynamic strokes i'm looking for on a microscopic tablet. :)


Heres a WIP. Done in painter.. it's a forest spirit shrine.. needs alot of more work though..and i'm starting to doubt some of the design choises i made in it.. but i'm still moving things around in it, trying to find what i'm looking for.. whatever that is. The finished piece will most probably not look like this, but i'll post it anyways.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_54.jpg

As always, thanks for looking.

[xia]

Damn Olsen! that one is wickedly cool!

[OLSEN]

Thanks xia. Really glad you like it. :)

Heres a small update.. this is the actual size i'm working in.. the fruitpalte was fun. Will proabably change the design of the sword/staff whatever it is he's holding.. the metall doesn't fit the character.. thinking about changing it to a wooden spear or club or something..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_55.jpg





EDIT: heres some more updates....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_56.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_57.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_58.jpg

[OLSEN]

Long time since i updated this thread... heres my latest speedpaint.. hope you like, more stuff coming soon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/DSB_61.jpg

[Fozzybar]

Where were you my man? Cool colors on the last one! nice effect of setting the focus with more details...

[guggemmaneuver]

I'm glad to see more work here! Your skill with the speedpaint genre is most enjoyable. The information is always present, while the execution is loose, but in the neatest way. The blues the ambers, and the reds are most powerful and pleasing to the eye.

Regards,

The Gugg

[OLSEN]

Thank you very much guys. Fozzy, i wasn't really gone, i just felt like lurking for a while. :)


My latest, it's for a challenge with Matt Smith. You can find the thread in the Arena forum. The topic was "Souls of unrest".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/Soulofunrest.jpg

[GriNGo]

sweet!